Planning authorities should have considered the impact of climate-warming emissions in approving an oil well near Gatwick Airport, the UK's highest court said on
July 02, 2024
A heat wave is moving closer to the breaking point from the Midwest to New England, but there's no immediate relief in sight for much of the rest of the country
June 20, 2024
The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that planners reviewing well-drilling permits must consider the environmental impact from burning the oil that would be produced
June 20, 2024
When dangerous heat waves strike, what happens inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees
June 21, 2024
A relentless heat wave continues to bake most of the U.S., with numerous areas expected to see record-breaking temperatures
June 21, 2024
A man died on Friday as several forest fires fanned by gale-force winds battered Greece's southern tip and forced evacuations, the fire brigade said.
June 21, 2024
By Granth Vanaik and Arriana McLymore Extreme heat has companies in the United States changing the way they work. One frequent response: work less.
June 21, 2024
The U.S. government opened up on Friday competitive bidding that will close on Aug. 26 for $850 million in grants to help small oil and gas producers
June 21, 2024
About two years after 13 children and teens sued Hawaii over the threat posed by climate change, both sides have reached a settlement that includes an ambitious requirement to decarbonize the state's transportation system over the next 21 years
June 21, 2024
Most of India’s 120 million farmers depend on rain from monsoons for a good harvest
June 22, 2024
More than 100 million people across the U.S. were under heat warnings on Sunday, with cities on the East Coast bracing for record-breaking temperatures as the heat dome causing the
June 23, 2024
Spring 2024 was menacing for large parts of the US, with a tornado nearly every day in May. Tornado outbreaks tore up communities across multiple states.
June 24, 2024
As the first heat wave of the season ripples across the U.S., summer camps are working to keep their children cool while still letting the kids enjoy being outside with nature
June 24, 2024
Americans from New York to Washington may finally get a reprieve on Monday from the oppressive heat wave of the past week, although sizzling temperatures threaten much of
July 03, 2024
Heavy rains have caused record-setting flooding in parts of Iowa and South Dakota
June 24, 2024
India's worsening water shortage, triggered by high consumption amid rapid economic growth and frequent natural disasters, can negatively impact the South Asian nation's
July 03, 2024
One method of making electricity cleanly to address climate change has been quietly advancing and just hit a milestone
June 25, 2024
Denmark, a major pork and dairy exporter, will introduce a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions from 2030, making it the first country to do so and
June 25, 2024
Meteorologists have for the first time issued a heat advisory for the entire island of Puerto Rico as it struggles with chronic power outages
June 25, 2024
U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records
June 25, 2024
Iowa regulators have approved a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline for transporting emissions of the climate-warming greenhouse gas for storage underground
June 25, 2024
The June heat wave triggered warnings of a flash drought and caused a surge in ER visits. Many other countries have been facing extreme heat at the same time.
June 26, 2024
An atmospheric scientist explains how hail forms and what to do if you’re suddenly being pelted by giant ice chunks falling from the sky.
June 26, 2024
The global market for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal credits could reach up to $100 billion a year between 2030 and 2035 from $2.7 billion last year if barriers to
June 27, 2024
The U.S. Treasury and the U.S.
June 27, 2024
The heatwave in Saudi Arabia blamed for the deaths of 1,300 people on the haj pilgrimage this month was made worse by climate change, a team of European scientists
June 27, 2024
The number of days reaching a sizzling 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) in 20 of the world's largest capitals - from Delhi to Jakarta to Buenos Aires - has risen 52%
June 27, 2024
Mongolia, where parliamentary elections are being held Friday, is a sparsely populated and landlocked Asian nation known for its bitter winter cold and independent spirit
June 28, 2024
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S.
December 03, 2024
Demand for beer in India is at a multi-year high and air conditioner sales are skyrocketing as the intense, unprecedented heat scorching parts of the
June 28, 2024
A political tilt to the right in Europe and a potential Trump presidency in the U.S. will not derail climate efforts as
June 28, 2024
British police said on Friday they had arrested 27 climate activists accused of planning to disrupt airports over the upcoming summer holidays.
June 28, 2024Denmark has awarded the first three licenses to investigate large-scale storage of carbon dioxide in geological formations on land, the Danish Energy Agency said on Thursday.
July 02, 2024The heatwave gripping northern India has killed nearly 200 homeless people in New Delhi over the last week, a group dedicated to helping the homeless said on Thursday
July 02, 2024
The Caribbean Development Bank's acting president on Wednesday called for immediate action to fund efforts to protect the region's coastlines and population from the growing impacts of
July 02, 2024The European Commission has drafted plans to initially exempt long-haul flights from rules on monitoring their non-CO2 emissions after
July 01, 2024
The number of companies saying they have a climate transition plan in line with the world's most ambitious goal has jumped by nearly half, but many do not give
June 18, 2024
Italian agricultural production shrank last year as wine, fruit and olive oil output all took a hit from extreme weather events linked to climate change, national statistics bureau ISTAT
July 01, 2024
The world's climate goal is hanging by a thread and countries need to dig deeper to provide the finance and set the policies
June 28, 2024
BHP Group's operational carbon emissions are set for a "small increase" this financial year, an executive revealed on Wednesday, as the miner said its "non
June 25, 2024
A group of 112 cities aiming to eliminate their net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 will need a combined 650 billion euros ($695.83 billion
June 25, 2024
Fact check: Sea levels are already rising faster per year than Trump claims they might rise over ‘next 497 years’
June 28, 2024
The summer doldrums have set in across much of the United States, with heat advisories being issued Saturday from Texas to South Florida
June 29, 2024
Hurricane Beryl strengthened on Monday into a "potentially catastrophic" category 5 storm as it moved across the
July 01, 2024
Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead
July 01, 2024
A Louisiana judge says the Biden administration can't delay consideration of projects aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas while a legal challenge plays out in federal court
July 02, 2024
President Joe Biden's administration is proposing a rule aimed at addressing excessive heat in the workplace, as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories due to blistering temperatures
July 02, 2024
The top United Nations court has taken up the largest case in its history, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating impact of climate change
December 02, 2024
Azerbaijan, host of this year's United Nations COP29 climate summit, will upgrade its national emissions-cutting target ahead of the November event, a senior
July 02, 2024
Scientists at the University of Miami are studying how hybrid reefs - part natural, part man-made structures - could help bolster ocean ecosystems and also shield coastlines.
May 09, 2024Heavy lightning triggered two fires on the Greek island of Thassos on Wednesday, the fire brigade said, a day after firefighting forces tamed wildfires fanned by unusually strong
July 03, 2024As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of America live without electricity
July 03, 2024
What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins? ‘A catastrophic outcome’
July 03, 2024
Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year left hundreds dead or ill
July 04, 2024
Heat waves are getting longer and more brutal. Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore
July 04, 2024
As heat levels climb, so do power bills. Here’s how you can keep costs down
July 04, 2024
A blue tarp covered a mother and her newborn daughter from the incessant rain on their boat journey
July 04, 2024
The National Weather Service says that around 134 million people in the U.S. are under alerts as an extremely dangerous and record-breaking heat wave broils much of the country
July 04, 2024
Indonesian conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali, but the frequency of mass coral
July 05, 2024
The owners of three British airports were granted a court order on Friday to stop environmental protesters from potentially disrupting flights over the summer holidays.
July 05, 2024
A slow-moving and potentially record-setting heat wave is spreading across the Western U.S., sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures
July 05, 2024
Roughly 130 million people are under threat from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures and is expected to shatter more inot next week from the Pacific Northwest to the Mid-Alantic states and the Northeast
July 06, 2024
A widespread heat wave is expected to deliver a fresh batch of record temperatures along the U.S.
July 07, 2024
Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Monday, continuing a streak of exceptional
July 08, 2024
Millions of Americans are facing major heat waves with temperatures consistently exceeding 90 degrees
July 08, 2024
Kenyan farmers' financial security and optimism have been shaken by recent flooding
July 07, 2024A severe drought in Sicily has nearly dried up the Mediterranean island's only natural lake which has long served as a vital resting station
July 08, 2024As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas, the world is set for another week of wild weather as human-caused climate change makes extremes like these more likely
July 08, 2024
It was the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history
July 08, 2024
Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s death over the weekend
July 09, 2024
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July 09, 2024The United States will fall far short of the Biden administration's 2030 offshore wind goal but will catch up quickly in the following years, according to an analysis by an industry group
July 09, 2024
Carbon capture firm 1PointFive said on Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to sell the tech giant 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over six
July 09, 2024
The next European Commission will no longer be able to rely on a broad consensus among lawmakers in support of ambitious climate change policies, with lawmakers
July 09, 2024
Beryl just made history. It has forecasters concerned about what could happen next
July 09, 2024
The New Zealand government on Wednesday announced plans to build more resilient infrastructure and boost clean energy production, as well as support for climate
July 09, 2024Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer
July 10, 2024
Decision makers should pursue aggressive policies to bring climate change under control if they want to avoid losses in the value of global stocks that could top 50%, think-tank
July 10, 2024
The United States finalized a rule on Wednesday to boost the resilience of federal buildings and projects against flooding, a move intended to help save
July 10, 2024In the 19th century, many doctors might not have believed germ theory, but they switched to using protective methods anyway for a simple reason.
July 10, 2024
The U.N. General Assembly has declared 2025 to 2034 the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms — extreme weather events that are increasing and threaten health and economies from central Africa to northern China
July 10, 2024
Virginia’s largest utility says it will explore the possibility of using small nuclear reactors to meet growing electricity demands
July 10, 2024Authorities in Western states are warning of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape amid a protracted heat wave
July 11, 2024
In the hills of West Virginia, researchers are hoping to realize a long-term dream of cleaning up poisonous groundwaters that flow out of old coal mines
July 11, 2024
U.S. officials on Thursday announced a $241 million settlement with Marathon Oil over alleged air pollution violations at dozens of the company's oil and gas facilities on
July 11, 2024
As Houston slowly struggles to recover after Hurricane Beryl left millions without power, experts say it's time to rethink how cities are preparing for and responding to weather disasters
July 11, 2024
A historically hot summer is on a killing spree and it shows no signs of stopping
July 11, 2024
A Maryland judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore seeking to hold energy giants such as Exxon Mobil, BP and Chevron responsible for climate change,
July 11, 2024
Pennsylvania lawmakers have approving legislation aimed at helping the nation’s No. 2 natural gas-producing state attract carbon capture projects and enable federally-funded hydrogen hubs
July 12, 2024A growing type of insurance, called parametric insurance, is helping farmers and others in developing countries respond to extreme weather events
July 12, 2024Quinault Indian Nation, in Washington state, has spent at least a decade working to relocate hundreds of people whose homes are threatened by a rising Pacific Ocean
July 12, 2024
Opinion: We built our world for a climate that no longer exists
July 12, 2024This summer’s extreme heat is raising the danger of heat-related illnesses and threatening health in a more subtle way — by amplifying the side effects of many common medications
July 12, 2024The European Union will pressure other countries at this year’s COP29 climate summit to follow through on their pledge to transition away from fossil fuels, a draft
July 12, 2024
Caribbean officials are demanding more access to funding and help in fighting climate change just weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the region
July 12, 2024
This week's flooding in Vermont is adding fresh urgency to concerns about the hundreds of dams in the state
July 12, 2024A small wildfire was burning on a trail near a Colorado facility where scientists research climate change, including worsening wildfires
July 12, 2024A dangerously hot summer has shaped up in the U.S. West
July 13, 2024
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa warned other developing nations on Monday that future carbon taxes proposed by rich countries would damage their economies
July 15, 2024
Truck Parking Club mapped Geological Survey data to see which California counties have the most land area at risk of landslides and detailed their impact.
December 02, 2024
Britain's approval of its first new deep coal mine in decades was unlawful because ministers failed to consider the "adverse international signal" sent by the controversial decision
July 16, 2024
Under the sweltering sun and in temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius, farmers in the Rostov region, Russia's breadbasket, toil to
July 16, 2024
Greece has ordered some businesses not to let their employees perform heavy outdoor duties during afternoon hours this week as the country sizzles in yet another heat wave.
July 16, 2024
California will have to build public charging stations at an unprecedented pace to meet the needs of 7 million electric cars expected on its roads in less than seven years
July 16, 2024Climate change is making it harder to estimate Sierra snowpack. AI may be able to help
July 16, 2024Tens of millions of dollars raised by a landmark climate law in Washington state will go to Native American tribes that are at risk from climate change and rising sea levels to help them move to higher ground, install solar panels, buy electric vehicles and restore wetlands
July 16, 2024
Drake shared a video of flooding in what appears to be his mansion in Toronto. More rain fell in a four-hour period than the city’s average rainfall for the month of July.
July 17, 2024Drake shows video of flooded mansion as torrential rain batters Toronto
July 17, 2024
It’s not just you. Here’s where this summer really has been the worst
July 17, 2024
The Balkans, along with much of Europe, continued to swelter in a prolonged heatwave on Wednesday, triggering forest fires and drying up a Serbian lake for the first time, as a
July 17, 2024
Many farms, from buzzy vertical farming startups to traditional specialty crop growers, are marketing greenhouses as a way to shelter crops from climate extremes
July 17, 2024Flood emergency hits Arkansas after months of rain falls in a few hours
July 17, 2024
Greece shut the Acropolis, its most visited ancient site, for several hours in the afternoon on Wednesday as the country baked in yet another heatwave that sent temperatures up to
July 17, 2024
Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Anthony Ramos star as a new generation of tornado chasers. Tom Page and Topher Gauk-Roger contributed to this story by David Daniel.
July 19, 2024
'The city is not designed to handle this amount of water': Official says little could have been done to prevent Toronto flooding
July 17, 2024Spain will suffer its first heatwave of the summer starting on Thursday, the meteorology service AEMET said, as the government kicked off on Wednesday a heat risk awareness campaign
July 17, 2024
South Korea ordered people living near rivers in its central region to evacuate homes on Thursday as heavy monsoon showers dumped more than 300 mm (12 inches) of rain, while warnings
July 18, 2024On a clear day, Chile's towering 5,400-meter (17,700-foot) El Plomo mountain can be seen from the capital, Santiago.
July 18, 2024
Russia's state forest agency said it was fighting 222 separate blazes across 20 regions on Thursday as an unusually hot summer fuels forest fires, after millions of hectares
July 18, 2024
Spain is sweating under its first official heatwave of the year with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees C (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in a large swathe of the country
July 18, 2024Five climate activists from the Just Stop Oil protest group were each jailed for at least four years on Thursday over a conspiracy to block London's M25 motorway,
July 18, 2024
Temperatures soared across swathes of Spain on Thursday and were seen climbing further into the weekend, triggering health alerts and forcing many to get up earlier to avoid the
July 18, 2024
Environmental activists sentenced to years in prison over UK highway protest
July 18, 2024
Azerbaijan, host of the U.N.
July 19, 2024
A federal appeals court is allowing a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges continue
July 19, 2024
A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that a regulation ordering deep cuts in power plants' carbon emissions can go ahead while it considers a challenge from more than
July 19, 2024
Opinion: The stunning silence at the heart of ‘Twisters’
July 19, 2024A 2% surcharge on property insurance policies and mandatory fees on the oil and gas industries are two ways that a public-private group formed in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy recommends to fund projects to protect against the next big storm
July 19, 2024The broken wind turbine near Nantucket was ‘highly unusual and rare.’ But it wasn’t the first
July 20, 2024
Vanuatu on Monday urged the top United Nations court to recognise the harm caused by climate change in its judgment on the legal obligation of countries
December 02, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution
July 22, 2024
When it comes to climate, extreme weather and other so-called natural disasters, people generally look to America's hurricane or earthquake prone coasts and say that’s where the danger is
July 23, 2024
Analysts have increased their price forecasts for European Union carbon permits for 2024 to 2026, but said there was a downside risk from possible increases to
July 23, 2024
Sunday, July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded, according to preliminary data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, which has tracked such
July 23, 2024
The Greek islands are grappling with a water crisis as tourist season kicks into gear
July 23, 2024
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would seek to curb
July 23, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city
July 23, 2024
Five young people are withdrawing climate-change complaints at Europe's top human rights court after a wave of governments agreed to exit an international energy
July 23, 2024
The planet saw its hottest day on record
July 23, 2024
The European climate service Copernicus says Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured last Sunday
July 23, 2024
As areas across the U.S. continue to experience extreme heat, employers have taken steps to protect workers from high temperatures
July 23, 2024
Fireflies once seemed plentiful and cool, easy to catch and watch, and they served as an introduction to the world of nature around us
July 24, 2024
Climate scientists say the record for the hottest day globally has been broken for the second consecutive day and that the worldwide temperature could rise yet more this week
July 24, 2024
Authorities say climate activists have glued themselves to the ground at Cologne-Bonn Airport in western Germany forcing the suspension of flights
July 24, 2024
Germany's Cologne-Bonn airport suspended flights for several hours on Wednesday after climate activists glued themselves to a runway, while similar
July 24, 2024
The 2024 Summer Games are going all in on renewable energy, recycled materials and more to shrink their carbon footprint. They’re a test bed for how big events can do better for the environment.
July 24, 2024
The United Nations is calling for a flurry of efforts to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures in what it calls an extreme heat epidemic
July 25, 2024
Frankfurt airport suspends flights after climate protesters block runways
July 25, 2024
A total of 270 flights were canceled at Germany's busiest airports after environmental activists launched a coordinated effort to disrupt air travel across Europe at the height of the summer vacation season to highlight the threat posed by climate change
July 25, 2024
South Africa, the world's 14th biggest carbon emitter, has made strong commitments to climate action but is moving too slowly to wean itself off coal and roll out
July 25, 2024
Two climate protesters from Just Stop Oil who threw tinned soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting in London's National Gallery in 2022 were on Thursday found guilty of
July 25, 2024
A man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of starting a wildfire that forced thousands to flee their homes in a fast-moving blaze that is the largest in California so far
July 25, 2024
Photojournalists captured the moment a house exploded in California's Park wildfire.
July 29, 2024
Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying
July 26, 2024
The search for the perfect wave has been a part of surfing culture for decades, with surfers traveling from location to location in their quest for the best swells
July 26, 2024
Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions
July 26, 2024
The federal government is giving more than a half-billion dollars to coastal communities to help them use nature-based preventative measures to address climate-related flooding and other disasters
July 26, 2024The lush river valleys of El Zaino y La Arenosa in western Panama, home to hundreds of families that eke out a living farming,
December 02, 2024
U.S.
July 27, 2024
Experts say a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada are the legacy of the nation’s fire-suppression experts and climate change
July 27, 2024
North Korea’s Kim ‘inspects’ flood response as thousands evacuated from China border region after heavy rains
July 29, 2024
The avenues, monuments and gardens in the park surrounding Sanssouci Palace, a sprawling green oasis in the heart of the German city of Potsdam and a UNESCO world heritage site, look as magnificent as ever
July 29, 2024Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills
July 29, 2024
Forests and other land ecosystems failed to curb climate change in 2023 as intense drought in the Amazon rainforest and record wildfires in Canada hampered their
July 29, 2024
Air New Zealand has scrapped its 2030 carbon emissions reduction targets, citing lags in producing new planes, a lack of alternative fuel and “challenging” regulatory and policy settings
July 30, 2024
U.K.-based oil giant BP PLC said it will reward shareholders to the tune of $7 billion this year through the purchase of its own stock, even as it reported a near 30% decline in profits in the first half of 2024
July 30, 2024Record heat is set to drive the cost of fruits and vegetables higher
July 30, 2024
An unplanned experiment when wildfire smoke rolled through Colorado shows how trees keep some of the smoke out.
July 30, 2024
The aviation industry mess is turning into bad news for the planet
July 30, 2024
‘Catastrophic flooding’ forces water rescues in Vermont after 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event
July 30, 2024
The Paris Olympics bet against climate change when they scheduled some outdoor swimming events in the Seine River, and for a while it looked like they would lose
July 31, 2024
Vermont is flooding and experts say the state could see catastrophic events for the foreseeable future
July 31, 2024
Bear attacks worker, ransacks meat section in Japan supermarket rampage
December 02, 2024
Crippling drought from a nearly rainless year, along with record-high temperatures, is stressing farmers on the Italian island of Sicily
August 01, 2024
Coffee is becoming a luxury, and there’s no escaping it
August 01, 2024
Firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire of the year are preparing for treacherous conditions entering the weekend
August 02, 2024
Floods brought by torrential rains in Pakistan caused damage that killed at least 30 people this week, authorities said on Friday, as
August 02, 2024Mega-cities on China's eastern coast are facing another spell of scorching heat as temperatures hovered around 40 Celsius (104
August 02, 2024
Repeated wildfires put pressure on residents, making it difficult to recover peace of mind
August 02, 2024
Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of the decade, the U.N.
December 02, 2024
Firefighters made progress Saturday against California’s largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms
August 03, 2024
Millions are under alerts as Tropical Storm Debby intensifies with potential to strengthen to a hurricane. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers reports.
August 04, 2024
New Zealand's green credentials are at risk as the government rolls back environmental reforms in a bid to boost a flailing economy and fulfil promises made to
August 04, 2024
Fire crews battling California’s largest wildfire this year have corralled a third of the blaze, helped in part by cooler weather
August 04, 2024
Opinion: Why there is no such thing as a ‘natural’ disaster
August 04, 2024Facing the need to win Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has sworn off any prior assertion that she opposed fracking
August 05, 2024
A civil engineer explains why roadways and rails warp and crack in the heat − and points to some innovative ways to keep the US transportation system healthy as long as possible.
August 05, 2024
Storm Debby made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, part of what U.S. government forecasters have predicted could be an
August 30, 2023What rapid intensification means for hurricanes
August 17, 2023
Residents encouraged to stay prepared as Debby moves inland, with flooding concern lasting for days. Brian Abel reports.
August 17, 2023
Our discovery of a tundra ecosystem, frozen under the center of Greenland’s ice sheet, holds a warning about the threat that climate change poses for the future.
August 05, 2024
Around third of existing carbon credits have failed to meet criteria for a new standard that aims to serve as the global benchmark for the voluntary carbon market
August 06, 2024
The Department of Energy on Tuesday announced $2.2 billion in funding for eight projects across 18 states to strengthen the electrical grid against increasing extreme weather, advance the transition to cleaner electricity and meet a growing demand for power
August 06, 2024
A wind-driven wildfire on a hillside above the southern California city of San Bernardino burned several homes and forced evacuations before it was brought under control on
August 06, 2024
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that around 7 in 10 Americans say extreme heat has had a major or minor impact on their electricity bills in the past year, and a majority have seen a similar impact on their outdoor activities
August 07, 2024
Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef reached the highest they’ve been in 400 years over the past decade, research published Wednesday in the journal Nature found
August 07, 2024
The extreme weather seen in places across the United States shows it doesn’t take a catastrophic hurricane to cause significant damage
August 07, 2024
Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end in July
August 08, 2024
Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest, which had been in part
August 08, 2024Greek authorities have flown additional forces to the southern island of Crete, where 250 firefighters are battling a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of eight mountain villages
August 08, 2024After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month
August 08, 2024
Inflation comes for your oysters
August 11, 2024
A wildfire burned northeast of Athens, darkening the sky as the smell of smoke and soot pervaded the Greek capital
August 11, 2024
Despite rising temperatures, an inconsistent patchwork of guidelines puts workers in danger
August 11, 2024
Vangelis Ilias was returning from holiday on Monday when friends called to tell him the unthinkable.
August 13, 2024Norway's Equinor and U.S. power company Dominion were the winning bidders in a U.S. government offshore wind auction of two areas off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, the U.S.
August 14, 2024Two German airports temporarily suspended flights on Thursday morning after climate activists breached their airfields as part of a larger protest action targeting four airports
August 15, 2024
A forest fire in Turkey's western coastal province of Izmir, fanned by strong winds, is near residential areas, forcing some people to be evacuated, the local governor said on Friday
August 16, 2024Photos from space show just how close Greece wildfires got to burning whole towns
August 16, 2024
The International Court of Justice said on Friday it would hold public hearings starting Dec. 2 in an advisory opinion case that may become a reference point in defining
August 16, 2024
Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest monsoon rains have swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north
August 19, 2024
New forecast reveals when and where hurricane season could get active after Ernesto
August 20, 2024
Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion, a polar scientist writes. But in a rare bit of good news, the worst-case scenario may be off the table.
August 21, 2024
The National Weather Service says a heat dome that has led to nearly 90 consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures in Phoenix has moved into Texas
August 21, 2024
Oysters can get herpes? It's more likely than you think
August 21, 2024
To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases
August 22, 2024
Starbucks is giving its new CEO Brian Niccol a private jet to commute between his California home and Seattle office
August 23, 2024
Firefighters have brought under control a large forest fire in the Portuguese island of Madeira that had been burning for 11 days, but authorities said on Sunday they would remain
August 25, 2024
Minnesota had a half-century-old process for permitting clean energy projects that could keep developers waiting over a year for approval
August 25, 2024
From ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 virus species. Reading their genomes tells the story of 41,000 years of climate change.
August 26, 2024
One American tourist dead in Iceland following ice cave collapse
August 26, 2024
Sea level rises in the Pacific Ocean are outstripping the global average, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report showed on Tuesday, imperiling low-lying island states.
August 26, 2024
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is putting out yet another climate SOS to the world
August 26, 2024
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday ocean temperatures are rising in the Pacific Islands at three times the rate worldwide, and its population was "uniquely
August 26, 2024
Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court, seeking to force Brussels to upgrade its emissions rules for 2030 and, in a
August 27, 2024
In the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, residents and farmers have anxiously watched and waited for clouds to bring rain to refill dried-out
August 27, 2024
It’s rare to see both Nina’s at the same time, but both appeared to be developing in 2024. That could help soften hurricane season, but don’t bet on it.
August 27, 2024
A severe drought in northern Greece, worsened by successive heat waves and low rainfall, is causing water shortages that are threatening agriculture, drying up lakes, and stressing local communities dependent on tourism
August 28, 2024
Corn sweat is the process by which corn plants release moisture into the air to stay cool, and it brings the Midwest a surge in humidity every summer
August 28, 2024
Greek authorities have started collecting hundreds of thousands of dead fish that poured into a tourist port in the central city of Volos this week
August 28, 2024
The Alette Maersk was the first container vessel powered by low-carbon methanol fuel to cross the Pacific Ocean - a milestone in the shipping industry's
August 28, 2024
A devastating typhoon that tore through the Philippines, Taiwan and China last month, destroying infrastructure and leaving more than 100 people dead, was made significantly
August 29, 2024
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049
August 29, 2024
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August 29, 2024
Authorities say more than 100 tons of dead fish have been collected in and around the port of Volos, in central Greece, following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations
August 29, 2024
Since floods swept away their home in eastern Sudan, Ahmed Hadab and his family have survived by drinking water mixed in with milk from his last surviving
August 29, 2024
The top United Nations court will take up the largest case in its history on Monday
December 01, 2024
Rastislav Pucovski held a fistful of soy beans shriveled to the size of peppercorns on his farmland in
August 30, 2024
Bringing new nuclear power stations online in Switzerland could take decades due to myriad political and financial hurdles, energy experts and
August 30, 2024
A top U.S. banking regulator has found that major lenders are in the early stages of assessing and managing the risks climate change poses to their
August 30, 2024
With less than three months until this year's COP29 UN climate negotiations, countries remain far from agreement on the summit's biggest task: to agree a new funding
August 30, 2024
South Korea's famous kimchi is falling victim to climate change, with scientists, farmers and manufacturers saying the quality and
September 03, 2024
From beneath the shrinking Lake Mornos in central Greece, the muddied remains of homes are reemerging nearly 45 years since the village that once
September 03, 2024
It’s always hot this time of year in central Arizona, but 2024's endless summer has been especially hot in Phoenix
September 03, 2024
The outcome of November's presidential election will loom large over talks in Beijing this week between U.S. climate envoy John Podesta and his Chinese
September 04, 2024
The planet endures its hottest summer on record — for the second straight year
September 06, 2024
Water reserves at the artificial Lake Mornos in central Greece have hit their lowest level in 16 years as a drought induced by climate change rampages across much of southern Europe this summer
September 06, 2024
More than 30,000 protesters gathered in South Korea's capital in broiling heat on Saturday, demanding more aggressive action by the government to
September 07, 2024
Residents flee as California and Nevada wildfires get dangerously close and forecasters warn of record heat
September 08, 2024
The controversial plan to turn a desert green
September 08, 2024
Scores of schools across the U.S. are carpeted in asphalt with no shade
September 08, 2024
The Biden administration on Monday said it had approved a major transmission line in Nevada that will run hundreds of miles along the state's border with California and be able to provide
September 09, 2024
Countries fail to reach agreement in UN plastic talks
December 01, 2024Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement on Monday, with more than 100 nations wanting
November 30, 2024
Torrential rains flooded homes, businesses and roads in the popular Greek tourist island of Rhodes on Sunday, forcing authorities to temporarily ban the use of vehicles as Storm
December 01, 2024
Exxon CEO Darren Woods on Tuesday had warning words for activist shareholders thinking to emulate those who filed a climate-related
September 10, 2024
Cameroon’s former prime minister has taken over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly and called for nations to unite and to address global challenges from climate change and poverty to conflicts and armed violence
September 11, 2024
Global tech giants halved their business flight emissions in 2023 compared to 2019, but companies like Apple and Google's parent Alphabet are falling behind, risking a return to pre-
September 10, 2024
Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday indicate huge swathes of the jungle that are
September 11, 2024
A proposed chemical recycling plant in western Michigan may provide a handful of jobs but little environmental benefit.
September 11, 2024
Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans. Often, those residents at most risk are the most socially vulnerable.
September 11, 2024
Extreme weather is again striking multiple places around the world, including wildfires in California, a hurricane that threatens Louisiana, drought and wildfires in the Amazon and flooding in Nigeria
September 11, 2024
When asked about climate change in the presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris said, “young people of America care deeply about this issue,” and then pointed out that that the U.S. has increased domestic production of oil to historic highs
September 11, 2024
The Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t going to win a beauty contest
September 12, 2024
The Ashaninka of the Amonia River, inhabitants of the western Amazon, reclaimed their land from cattle ranchers 30 years ago
September 12, 2024
The Great Dying once wiped out 90% of life on Earth. A new theory may explain why
September 12, 2024
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September 12, 2024
Indonesia and Vietnam signed multibillion-dollar energy transition deals in 2022 that were heralded as drastic shifts in financing that would enable the coal-dependent countries to pivot to cleaner energy
September 13, 2024
Pope Francis left Singapore for Rome on Friday, after a demanding trip across Southeast Asia and Oceania in which he urged action on climate
September 13, 2024
A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked a new Biden administration rule aimed at reducing the venting and flaring of natural gas at oil wells
September 14, 2024The race is on to build out a convenient and fully functional network of electric vehicle charging stations across the U.S. Entrepreneur Kameale Terry foresaw one issue this would create: keeping that charger network up and running
September 13, 2024
More than 200 inmates escape as Nigerian prison wall collapses in floods
September 15, 2024
Severe droughts across Brazil's Amazon rainforest region are drastically altering residents' lives as mobility is hampered by record-low levels on upper stretches of the
September 15, 2024
Maria Lettini already knew about the backlash going on in the United States against ESG investing, which takes the environment, social issues and corporate governance into account, when she took over as chief executive of US SIF last year
September 12, 2024
Less than two months ahead of the COP29 United Nations Climate Summit, the Azerbaijani leadership laid out its plans on Tuesday for what it hoped to achieve, as
September 17, 2024
U.S. solar industry jobs rose 6% last year to nearly 280,000, their highest level ever, according to an annual study known as the National Solar Jobs Census published on Monday by the
September 17, 2024
On an island off Africa where one of the local languages has no established words for climate change, a researcher discovers lessons for everyone in discussing climate change.
September 17, 2024
The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases drying up
September 18, 2024
Soldiers and residents in southwestern Poland are laying sandbags near swollen rivers around the city of Wroclaw to protect homes and businesses after days of flooding across Central Europe
September 18, 2024
The Polish power system is safe despite ongoing flooding, power grid operator PSE said on Wednesday.
September 18, 2024
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own
September 18, 2024
Former U.S.
September 18, 2024
Wildfires around Los Angeles have burned rapidly in the past week after vegetation growth and record heat blamed on climate change, and Southern California blazes could get
September 18, 2024
The United Nations chief is urging the world’s divided nations to compromise and approve a blueprint to address global challenges from conflicts and climate change to artificial intelligence and reforming the U.N. and global financial institutions
September 18, 2024
When a wildfire tore down a hillside towards Athens last month, its southernmost flank halted in a treeless area burned by fire two years before.
September 19, 2024
Portuguese police have arrested 14 suspected arsonists this week, who may have set some of the dozens of deadly wildfires raging across the country,
September 19, 2024
Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish parliament, young people around the world staged fresh marches and said their protests are not being sufficiently acted upon
September 20, 2024
Authorities in Ukraine have advised residents in the capital Kyiv to stay indoors as air pollution, partly caused by fires in the region, blanketed the city
September 20, 2024
The annual New York City Climate Week and United Nations General Assembly that's just about to start are emphasizing how to generate trillions of dollars that will be needed to help poorer countries move away from gas, oil and coal, fuels that release greenhouse gases and heat the planet
September 21, 2024
Hungarian farmer Laszlo Batki was close to harvesting his crops of organic tomatoes, peppers, radishes and lettuce when the swollen River Danube
September 21, 2024
Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges
September 21, 2024
Jordi Zonneveld says his first decade in the oil and gas industry was great
September 20, 2024
More than 40% of major companies, cities and regions have still not set any targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to an annual "stocktake" released
September 22, 2024
Officials from nine southern European Union member countries are focused on harnessing offshore wind and solar energy
September 23, 2024
A tugboat powered by ammonia sailed for the first time Sunday in the Hudson River to show how the maritime industry can slash planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions
September 23, 2024
Taking a country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone
September 23, 2024
Wildfires in Bolivia are now running on a track to set an all-time record, latest satellite data show, with fire hot-spots to-date overtaking the rate in the same
September 23, 2024
Developing nations on Monday pleaded at the U.N.
September 23, 2024
Bill Thompson's fight to stop offshore wind farms was once confined to the tiny U.S. state of Rhode Island where he lives.
September 23, 2024
Tuvalu and its 11,000 people, who live on nine atolls scattered across the Pacific, are running out of time.
September 24, 2024
Century-old trees die in Harlem parks as erosion pattern emerges
September 25, 2024
Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the heavy rainfall that caused floods killing 24 people in Central Europe earlier this month, a new flash study found
September 24, 2024
For young people in some small island nations, a big decision always looms in the back of their minds
September 25, 2024
Students found the topic of climate change less boring when they studied it using a numbers estimation game.
September 25, 2024
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September 25, 2024
Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis tells The Associated Press that his nation is in a financial pickle
September 25, 2024
A slow-motion catastrophe has been playing out in the coastal North Carolina village of Rodanthe
September 25, 2024
Barbados will call for creation of a new World Bank finance facility to provide emergency liquidity to climate-vulnerable countries in a third version of the
September 26, 2024
Moving money from coal assets to a new responsible-investment exchange-traded vehicle provided the sort of quick win the New York State Insurance Fund was
September 26, 2024Germany’s beer industry relies on education and research to combat the climate change that's wreaking havoc on farms and breweries across the country
September 26, 2024
At the United Nations, the troika of the current and next two presidents of U.N. climate conferences are telling other leaders to make their required climate-fighting targets much more ambitious
September 27, 2024
Every September, a crush of events unfold on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the annual high-level meetings of world leaders in New York
September 27, 2024
The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with some areas unlikely to recover
September 27, 2024
UK court hands prison terms to climate activists who threw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
September 27, 2024
Unusually wet conditions across France have wreaked havoc on many wine-growing regions this year after years of challenges to vineyards and wine quality caused by drought and heat
September 29, 2024Humanitarians are enlisting entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during climate week events that coincide with the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meetings
September 29, 2024
A startup called HopfON — a play on Hopfen, the German word for hops — and a research society in Bavaria are seeking to solve the problem of waste created during the hops harvest in Germany
October 01, 2024
Heating your home will cost more again this winter
October 01, 2024
Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, preliminary government data
October 01, 2024
Experts say the volume of Switzerland’s glaciers shrank again this summer and compounded the negative impact of climate change after a devastating two-year run that depleted the ice by more than 10%
October 01, 2024
What lies beneath the Great Lakes' waves is largely unknown, but there's a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change on the bottom of the world's largest freshwater system
October 02, 2024
Final investment decisions for hydrogen projects have doubled over the last 12 months, dominated by China, but installed capacity and demand are low as the
October 02, 2024
If your area experiences a 1,000-year rainfall event, don’t assume that you’re off the hook for the next 999 years.
October 02, 2024
Hurricane Helene dumped heavy rain on a mountainous region hundreds of miles away from the coast
October 02, 2024
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October 02, 2024
Winter sports are facing a long-time crisis because of climate change and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation has teamed up with the United Nations weather agency
October 03, 2024
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have formed a new partnership focused on raising awareness about the impact of climate
October 03, 2024
Month-old twin boys are the youngest known victims of Hurricane Helene
October 03, 2024
Millions of Americans have never been this hot in October before as a historic heat wave hits
October 03, 2024
Landfill produces fresh source of renewable energy for customers
October 03, 2024Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil’s proposal to establish a trust fund for forest conservation
October 03, 2024
The Supreme Court has left in place two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing emissions of planet-warming methane and toxic mercury
October 04, 2024
Hurricane Helene severely damaged drinking water utilities in the Southeast
October 04, 2024
At least five people have died and more than 100,000 remain stranded as devastating floods, triggered by heavy rains and upstream torrents, continue to ravage northern
October 06, 2024
The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world’s rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned the drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in many places
October 07, 2024
Wildfires in Bolivia have burned through more than 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres) this year, mostly in the country's tropical east,
October 07, 2024
The Biden administration is working on plans to bring additional decommissioned nuclear power reactors back online to help
October 07, 2024
In the wake of hurricanes that have disrupted lives for millions in the U.S., some people may wonder if extreme weather events could be somehow controlled
October 07, 2024
The US has seen huge wildfires in recent years, and 2024 is no exception. The vast majority of those that affect communities are started by human activity.
October 08, 2024
Explosively intensifying Hurricane Milton is the latest freaky system to come out of what veteran hurricane scientists call the weirdest storm season of their lives
October 08, 2024
Scientists say human-caused climate change boosted the rainfall of deadly Hurricane Helene by about 10% and intensified its winds by about 11%
October 09, 2024
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October 09, 2024
Arsenio Dominguez, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, says international shipping companies need to do more to decarbonize their fleets right now
October 09, 2024
The undeniable crisis that’s not driving American voters
October 09, 2024How did FEMA spend $9 billion so quickly? Back-to-back disasters
October 10, 2024
Scientists say human-caused climate change intensified deadly Hurricane Milton’s rainfall by 20 to 30% and strengthened its winds by about 10%
October 11, 2024
Science educator Bill Nye disagrees with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and explains how climate change and warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico energized Milton. Nye also responds to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) claim that the US government "can control the weather."
October 12, 2024
These powerful ‘rivers in the sky’ provide a huge share of annual precipitation in many regions, including California. They can also melt sea ice, with global climate implications.
October 11, 2024
Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state's largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
October 11, 2024
Zambia’s worst electricity blackouts in memory have been caused by a severe drought in the region that has left the critical Kariba dam with insufficient water to run its hydroelectric turbines
October 12, 2024
Tony Brazzale expected Hurricane Milton would be a “nonevent” for his family
October 12, 2024
As parts of Florida went dark from Helene and Milton, the lights stayed on in this net-zero, storm-proof community
October 12, 2024
Voters in Washington state are being asked whether to repeal one of the most progressive climate policies ever passed by a state Legislature, less than two years after it took effect
October 14, 2024
CNN's Derek Van Dam breaks down how and why one of the driest places on earth is facing flooding.
October 14, 2024
King Charles III will travel halfway around the world to Samoa this month to take his seat as the head of the Commonwealth and highlight the existential threat climate change poses for Pacific island nations
October 15, 2024
Father-of-seven Dah Toubada Kadapia stood on a stack of homemade sandbags in his backyard in Chad's capital N'Djamena, surrounded by
October 15, 2024
Considering getting flood insurance after Milton and Helene? Here’s what to expect
October 15, 2024
The United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region’s worst hunger crisis in decades
October 15, 2024
The government of the Brazilian state of Para in the Amazon will consult Indigenous communities on how they will benefit from the future sale of carbon offset
October 15, 2024
KFile: Kamala Harris pledged to prosecute oil companies over emissions. Now, she’s praising their record US production
October 15, 2024
The World Bank voted on Tuesday to change its internal lending guidelines, freeing up $30 billion in additional lending capacity over the next
October 15, 2024
The world is set to make abundant energy by the second half of the decade as the production of batteries and solar panels surges but there’ll also be an excess of planet-warming fossil fuels, a report released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency said
October 16, 2024
Consumers are in for some relief: Lower energy prices are on the way
October 16, 2024
Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will reopen
October 16, 2024
Some cities are building huge gates and barriers to counter the flood risk from estuary urbanization. But putting nature to work in a big way might be more effective.
October 16, 2024
Monstrous hurricanes Helene and Milton caused so much complex havoc that damages are still being added up, but experts in economics, insurance and risk say they are likely to be in the pantheon of super-costly $50 billion disasters
October 16, 2024
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close Saturday, bringing an end to a season that saw 11 hurricanes compared to the average seven, billions of dollars in damage and deaths and destruction hundreds of miles from where storms came ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast
November 29, 2024
The system that moves water around the Earth is off balance for the first time in human history
October 16, 2024
Countries need a new international pact to fix a mounting water crisis that could cut economic growth by at least 8% and put half the world's food supplies at
October 16, 2024
In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama Prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than usual
October 17, 2024
Millions lose power every year because of extreme weather. Here’s how we could prevent it
October 18, 2024
Over a year of astonishing ocean heat has given way to the largest coral bleaching on record
October 18, 2024‘Maybe, they won’t doubt the next woman’: American cyclist Lael Wilcox on her 18,000-mile world record
October 21, 2024
More than 40 climate scientists are urging Nordic ministers to prevent global warming from causing a major change in an Atlantic Ocean current, which could trigger abrupt shifts
October 21, 2024
The islands’ vulnerability has roots deep in the exploitative systems forced on them by colonialism, from slave-based land policies to ill-suited development that put lives in harm’s way.
October 22, 2024
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander on Tuesday outlined plans to end certain pension funds' future private market investments in fossil fuel infrastructure over climate
October 22, 2024
Devastating rains that triggered deadly floods in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan in recent months were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists
October 23, 2024
South Korea's government said on Wednesday it will ensure 24,000 tonnes of cabbage are supplied from national stocks to provide support during the upcoming peak kimchi-making season,
October 23, 2024
Scientists say the slime in your dishwasher could unlock a solution to global warming
October 23, 2024
As Romania prepares to phase out coal by 2032, some miners are retraining for jobs in renewable energies
October 23, 2024
The World Bank will double its commitment for investments in agricultural financing and businesses to $9 billion a year by 2030, the lender's president announced on Wednesday.
October 23, 2024
The leaders of the Commonwealth grouping of nations met on Thursday ahead of a summit in the South Pacific nation of Samoa that will feature talks
October 23, 2024
In Greece, one of the world's largest chestnut producers, farmer Anestis Altinis searches for nuts suitable for harvest.
October 24, 2024
The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, water and simply getting from one place to another
October 24, 2024
Current climate policies will result in global warming of more than 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, according to a United
October 24, 2024
The leading U.N. body on climate change is experiencing a severe budget shortfall, according to a Reuters analysis of documents from the world body - a funding gap
October 25, 2024
An unprecedented number of flood emergencies have ravaged the US. It’s a warning of what’s to come
October 25, 2024
In a boost for Pacific Islands such as Tuvalu under threat from rising seas, Commonwealth nations agreed on Saturday that a nation's maritime boundaries should remain
October 26, 2024
National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to limit catastrophic global warming, the United Nations said on Monday
October 28, 2024
The Philippines is prone to extreme weather. But few expected Tropical Storm Trami to be this devastating
October 29, 2024
The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to boost climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country, including in Baltimore, where a deadly bridge collapse killed six construction workers and disrupted commercial shipping traffic for months
October 29, 2024
A U.S. auction of offshore wind development rights in the Gulf of Maine on Tuesday drew bids for only half of the eight offered leases, for a total of just $21.9 million
October 29, 2024
As the November election approaches, large get-out-the-vote efforts are targeting Latinos, and particularly Latina moms, with a climate focus
October 29, 2024
At least 95 people have been killed in possibly the deadliest flooding to hit Spain in its modern history after torrential rain battered the
October 29, 2024
It's as if Mother Nature shut off the rain faucet in the United States in October
October 29, 2024
The U.S. government has chosen winning bids to develop wind power off New England in the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the Atlantic coast
October 29, 2024
The deadly flooding in Valencia Spain is just the latest in a spate of climate extremes that seem to have shifted into overdrive, especially in rain-weary Europe
October 30, 2024
Australia must brace for longer and more dangerous fire seasons and marine heatwaves in the years ahead, while swift changes in weather patterns might result in more
October 30, 2024
Americans just lived through one of the driest months in history. A big change is on the way
October 31, 2024
The city of Asheville has restored running water to most of its users nearly a month after Hurricane Helene damaged infrastructure and killed more than 200 people around the region
October 31, 2024
Parts of Spain appear to merge with the sea after historic rain in before-and-after images
October 31, 2024
U.S. offshore wind developers put on a brave face at a conference this week, touting their ability to work with leaders from both political parties
October 31, 2024
What’s at stake on Tuesday? The planet.
November 01, 2024White House works to Trump-proof Biden’s legacy ahead of tight election
November 01, 2024
The mud that covers Alicia Montero is the signature uniform of impromptu army of volunteers
November 01, 2024
A ballot initiative to ax Washington state's carbon market would, if passed next week, send an ominous signal to other U.S. states and Canadian regions looking to build
November 01, 2024
The future of these job-generating gigafactories, many of them in Republican states, could be at risk if the next president tries to wipe out the programs that made them possible.
November 01, 2024
Ten states on Friday called on the U.S. government to go beyond backing production caps in a global plastic treaty, and support a pact that rejects "false"
November 01, 2024
Azerbaijan as host of COP29 U.N. climate talks will this month launch a set of standards agreed by more than 100 countries to guide sustainable investment, the country's central bank
November 01, 2024
Irene Cuevas says she has the roar of the waves produced by a flash flood burned into her memory
November 03, 2024
Hundreds of residents of a Valencia suburb badly hit by last week's deadly floods protested on Sunday during a visit by Spanish King
November 03, 2024
Wealthy nations appeared to hit a limit with how much they are willing to pay to conserve nature around the world, instead shifting their focus at the two-
November 03, 2024
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has a practical mission – protecting seeds as a backup for seed banks around the world – but inspires strong cultural, political and artistic reactions.
November 04, 2024
French oil major TotalEnergies does not anticipate that Donald Trump would pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change or undo Inflation Reduction
November 04, 2024
Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in a mood of discontent and division, with opinion polls showing nearly two-thirds of voters believe the country has been heading in the
November 05, 2024
World leaders from major economies including the United States, the European Union and Brazil are planning to skip this year's
November 05, 2024
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new plan to protect the state’s iconic Joshua trees, which are imperiled by wildfires, human development and climate change
November 28, 2024
The United Nations' top court next week begins hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the consequences for states of
November 29, 2024
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution have inched closer to an agreement, with more countries saying they want to address the total plastic on Earth
November 29, 2024
South Africa takes over the G20 presidency on Sunday, the first African country to lead the forum, though its focus on issues such as inclusive growth and
November 29, 2024
Pawpaws, beach plums and more: These native fruits could be on the menu as weather gets more extreme
November 28, 2024
Britain on Thursday pledged to invest 1.98 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) over three years into the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) fund for the lowest-
November 28, 2024
Efforts by the United States and others to persuade more countries to contribute to a new global climate financing initiative risks undermining the Paris
November 06, 2024
The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions experts
November 06, 2024
According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, according to official monitoring
November 06, 2024
It's now virtually certain 2024 will be the hottest year on record, and the first with over 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above the pre-industrial average, according to the European climate agency Copernicus
November 07, 2024
2024 will be the first year on record to smash a warming limit scientists warned about
November 07, 2024
This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change
November 07, 2024
This month's U.N. climate summit - COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan - has been dubbed the "climate finance COP" for its central goal: to agree on how much money should go each
November 07, 2024
Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years, the
November 07, 2024
The European Union's climate commissioner on Thursday reaffirmed EU plans to end sales of CO2-emitting cars in 2035 and tighten CO2 limits next year, after pressure
November 07, 2024
Prince William rode on a sea rescue boat along part of the South African coast as he wrapped up a four-day visit to Cape Town dedicated to promoting conservation and the battle against climate change
November 07, 2024
The amount of finance provided to developing countries to help them adapt to the impacts of climate change is far short of the $359 billion a year needed even after
November 07, 2024
A new study says private jet carbon pollution soared 46% from 2019 to 2023
November 07, 2024
This year's U.N. climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, marks the world's 29th leadership gathering to confront global warming since the first "Conference of the Parties" in 1995.
November 08, 2024
Taiwan has set up a "war room" to watch the live stream from next week's COP29 climate summit given it is not allowed to attend for political reasons, Environment Minister Peng Chi-
November 08, 2024
Multilateral development banks are putting much more focus on investments to tackle climate change, the president of the European Bank for
November 08, 2024
Firefighters started gaining control on Friday over a stubborn wildfire near Los Angeles that destroyed at least 132 buildings and damaged 88 others, as
November 08, 2024
In a research facility in the northwest of Beijing, molecular biologist Li Jieping and his team harvest a cluster of seven
November 27, 2024
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November 09, 2024
When Anastasios Zakalkas pulled up the ropes of his mussel farm in the Aegean Sea last month, the devastation was clear: the lines were not
November 09, 2024
Diplomats from across the world will descend on the Azerbaijani capital of Baku for the annual climate summit, known as COP29, to discuss how to avoid the increasing threats from climate change in a place that was one of the birthplaces of the oil industry
November 09, 2024
Countries at the U.N. COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan will attempt to agree rules for a global system for trading carbon offset credits.
November 09, 2024
A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion
November 11, 2024
A deep dive into 866 public companies and 1,413 carbon projects reveals some twists in who relies on cheap offsets and who chooses to cut their own emissions instead.
November 11, 2024
Experts calculate that curbing and coping with global warming is going to cost trillions of dollars and poor nations just don’t have it
November 11, 2024
As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet
November 11, 2024
The annual U.N. climate summit kicked off Monday with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of weather disasters that have emboldened developing
November 11, 2024
In Baku, Azerbaijan the two-week United Nations climate negotiations, called COP29, got right to the major focus of striking a new deal on how many hundreds of billions — or even trillions — of dollars a year will flow from rich nations to poor to try to curb and adapt to climate change
November 11, 2024
Afghanistan’s first delegation at United Nations climate talks since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021 has arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan
November 11, 2024
At the U.N. climate talks, U.S. Climate Adviser John Podesta said that Trump will likely pull America out of the landmark Paris Agreement and try to roll back many of the Biden Administration’s signature climate moves, including the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that included $375 billion in climate spending
November 11, 2024
Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of years ago.
November 11, 2024
Countries at the two-week COP29 climate summit gave the go-ahead on Monday to carbon credit quality standards which are critical to launching a U.N
November 11, 2024
Refugees should be included in climate policy, actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James has said as he heads to COP29 to call for greater support for those affected by the
November 12, 2024
Court rules this major oil company can continue to pollute
November 12, 2024
Fast-rising methane emissions could undermine efforts to limit global warming by mid-century, prompting scientists and policymakers to urge aggressive action to curb
November 12, 2024
The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country's oil and gas
November 12, 2024
Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule announced by the Biden administration
November 12, 2024
Biden just finalized a major climate rule. This one could be tricky for Trump to dismantle
November 12, 2024
The world's top multilateral banks pledged to ramp up climate finance to low- and middle-income countries to $120 billion a year by
November 12, 2024
The heads of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said they would work with the incoming U.S. president, Republican Donald Trump, underscoring the
November 12, 2024
Any move by the Trump administration to change U.S. climate policy could benefit Australia's ambitions to attract greater investment to its critical minerals and
November 15, 2024
A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and
November 15, 2024
This year's U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a confrontational host and
November 15, 2024
U.S. wildlife officials are proposing new habitat protections in the southern Rocky Mountains for Canada lynx
November 27, 2024
Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on how to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance for the world's most
November 14, 2024
Children from East Africa, where heatwaves and floods have shuttered schools in recent months, are pushing for world leaders to protect their education - and their
November 16, 2024
Diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies struggled on Saturday to overcome differences on paying to tackle climate change, taxing the super rich and
November 16, 2024
Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year
November 13, 2024
Joe Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, flagging the dangers of global warming often dismissed by
November 17, 2024
Funding for a climate-friendly farming effort led by the U.S. and United Arab Emirates has reached $29.2 billion, the countries announced on Monday at the COP29 climate
November 18, 2024
After a year of canceled projects, broken turbines, and abandoned lease sales, the global offshore wind industry no longer has much chance to hit the
November 18, 2024
Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20
November 17, 2024
A deal at the COP29 climate talks on trading carbon credits could see billions of dollars move into emissions-reduction projects this decade but
November 18, 2024
The United Nations' annual climate conference continued Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small
November 13, 2024
The main task for nearly 200 countries at the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit is to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of dollars in financing for climate projects
November 13, 2024
World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Wednesday.
November 13, 2024
COP29 negotiators welcomed a pledge by major development banks to lift funding to poor and middle-income countries struggling with global
November 13, 2024
Marathon COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch on Wednesday when the Azerbaijani hosts are due to publish an update on negotiations so far as the summit seeks to agree a new
November 20, 2024
More than 50 governments have signed a U.N. declaration to make tourism around the globe more climate friendly, the United Nations said on Wednesday, in what it
November 20, 2024
Trade tensions are flaring at the COP29 climate summit, with China, Brazil and a host of developing countries complaining that perceived trade barriers, such as the
November 21, 2024
Container shipping companies like Maersk, CMA CGM and COSCO have ordered hundreds of new vessels in recent years meant to help their industry slash greenhouse
November 21, 2024
The U.S. utility industry wants the incoming Trump administration and
November 16, 2024
As officials from around
November 19, 2024
National Hurricane Center tells Floridians to monitor soon-to-be Tropical Storm Sara
November 13, 2024
Black dust coats streets and collects on rooftops in the neighbourhood adjoining a sprawling cement factory in the Egyptian city
November 23, 2024
Countries agreed to a hard-fought COP29 deal to provide $300 billion in annual climate finance by 2035.
November 23, 2024
Hundreds of environmental campaigners marched on Saturday in the South Korean city of Busan to demand stronger global commitments to
November 23, 2024
Countries at the COP29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on Sunday to help poorer nations cope
November 23, 2024
COP29 deals on finance and carbon markets could lead to billions more dollars flowing around the business world if countries
November 25, 2024
Argentina withdraws delegates from climate summit as Milei heads for Mar-a-Lago
November 13, 2024
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November 13, 2024Why We Cannot and Will Not Go Backwards on Clean Energy
November 13, 2024The United States foreign food aid program can be a big help when extreme weather fueled by climate change hammers communities
November 14, 2024
For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday
November 14, 2024
Scientists discover the world’s largest coral — so big it can be seen from space
November 14, 2024Two environmental activists have been charged over the spraying of orange paint powder at the Stonehenge monuments in southwest England in June
November 14, 2024Getting aid to countries before the storm or drought hits is one response increasingly being used to limit the damage.
November 14, 2024
Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at these climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, called COP29
November 15, 2024
It’s not just Democrats — Republicans are working to Trump-proof their climate money
November 15, 2024
Urban areas are getting hotter. A startup from one of the world’s hottest cities wants to help
November 15, 2024
A New York judge has rejected an effort by state regulators to shutter a bitcoin mine over concerns about its greenhouse gas emissions
November 15, 2024
How drought is ruining Christmas in the Northeast
November 15, 2024
A climate change activist who dumped red powder on a case containing the original copy of the U.S. Constitution has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in the publicity stunt earlier this year at the National Archives in Washington, D
November 15, 2024Churchill is a remote Canadian town that not only lives with the predator next door, but loves it
November 16, 2024
Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks
November 16, 2024
Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to set foot the Amazon rainforest
November 17, 2024
How different a commander in chief will Trump be?
November 17, 2024‘Everything’s getting weird’: New Yorkers have experienced tornadoes, an earthquake, and an extreme fire season this year
November 17, 2024
Biden makes first presidential visit to the Amazon as incoming Trump administration poses a threat to climate fight
November 17, 2024
U.S. officials are proposing increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest under changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades
November 17, 2024
As leaders and negotiators grapple with big questions of money and power, youth COP attendees and activists from around the world grapple with their own questions about how much their voices matter
November 18, 2024
Trump might nix America as a climate tech leader. 5 charts show China winning that race
November 18, 2024
Insurance costs are rising quickly across much of the country. Hurricanes are part of the reason, but it’s the other perils common across the Midwest and Great Plains that complicate costs.
November 18, 2024
Fossil fuel executive Chris Wright, Donald Trump's choice for Energy secretary, is a strong supporter of oil and gas development, including fracking, a key pillar of the president-elect’s quest for U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market
November 18, 2024
Big money to respond to climate change is key to the United Nations talks underway in Azerbaijan
November 19, 2024
Developing nations have a long list of changes their farmers need to make to adapt to a warming climate
November 19, 2024
It’s not just you. Fall hasn’t really felt like fall this year and it’s a sign of things to come
November 19, 2024
President Joe Biden is making an urgent appeal to fellow world leaders to surge money to developing nations to curb climate change as he wraps up his final appearance at a major international summit
November 19, 2024
Several current federal employees tell CNN they’re afraid their lives will be forever changed – including physically threatened – after Elon Musk reposted two X posts that revealed the names and titles of people holding four relatively obscure climate-related government positions. CNN's Hadas Gold reports.
November 27, 2024
Time is running short for negotiators at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan to solve a difficult puzzle
November 20, 2024
A new study says human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 mph stronger in the last six years
November 20, 2024
Every hurricane this season was turbocharged and made more intense than it should have been, study finds
November 20, 2024
The Singapore pavilion at the United Nations climate talks offers attendees free beer with an ingredient that's surprising to many — treated wastewater
November 21, 2024
The industry has a reputation for pollution and waste, but it has psychological effects as well.
November 21, 2024
Colliding with ships is a top cause of whale deaths. A new study maps the areas of highest risk, showing where proven strategies such as speed limits and new shipping routes can reduce the toll.
November 21, 2024
Scientists say an unprecedentedly bad year for beached dolphins on Cape Cod might have to do with warming waters changing the availability of the animals’ food
November 21, 2024
While diplomats negotiated at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan, climate experts played a board game where players are supposed to work together to combat global warming
November 22, 2024
Pragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she can’t train there anymore
November 22, 2024
A new draft of a deal on money to curb and adapt to climate change released Friday afternoon at the United Nations climate summit pledged $250 billion annually by 2035 from wealthy countries to poorer ones
November 22, 2024
World agrees to climate deal on financial aid for developing countries after summit nearly implodes
November 23, 2024
A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea
November 25, 2024
Britain remains on high alert after the second major storm of the season battered the country over the weekend, leaving at least two people dead and disrupting road and rail travel
November 25, 2024
The UN climate summit ended in bitterness and accusations of betrayal. Now fears are growing for its future
November 25, 2024Why green investments have become the last line of defense for Biden’s climate agenda
November 26, 2024The annual UN climate conference ended with a weaker deal than many countries hoped for, and with calls to overhaul the climate talks for the future.
November 26, 2024
BNP Paribas Asset Management will no longer invest in new bonds issued by companies involved in oil and gas exploration and production, according to a strategy
November 27, 2024
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
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